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Post by Graham.C » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:38 am

Where is the best place to order a hop scale (at least 0.1g accuracy)?
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Post by GAM » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:58 am

CDN Tire is where I got mine.

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Post by Graham.C » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:04 pm

GAM wrote:CDN Tire is where I got mine.

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I can't find one there that does 0.1g except the nutritional one for 50 bucks.
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:08 pm

mgc wrote:Where is the best place to order a hop scale (at least 0.1g accuracy)?
I got mine at Lee Valley, $16.50
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Post by jason.loxton » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:26 pm

Sort of fragile, but consistent ones at Radio Shack.

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Post by mr x » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:36 pm

Hydroponics stores carry them. Also ebay.
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Post by bluenose » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:24 pm

mr x wrote:Hydroponics stores carry them. Also ebay.
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Post by GillettBreweryCnslt » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:52 pm

I paid 10 bucks for one at Stokes in the mall. It has an accuracy of 0.01 grams and switches between ounces, lbs and grams.

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Post by Jayme » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:32 am

Fishdisease wrote:I paid 10 bucks for one at Stokes in the mall. It has an accuracy of 0.01 grams and switches between ounces, lbs and grams.
I believe you mean precision :geek: Haha sorry, had to say it.

That's a good price though - I was looking for one that does 1/100ths for water salts (not that it really matter that much, but why not). Currently I'm using the one from Lee Valley that LD mentioned. The nice thing about that scale is a capacity of 1kg. Most of the one's you will find at head shops are extremely overpriced - the semi affordable ones usually only go up to 250g (and will still cost more than Lee Valley or Stokes).
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Post by Graham.C » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:53 pm

Jayme wrote:
Fishdisease wrote:I paid 10 bucks for one at Stokes in the mall. It has an accuracy of 0.01 grams and switches between ounces, lbs and grams.
I believe you mean precision :geek: Haha sorry, had to say it.
Damn, that's embarrassing. :lol: Good thing none of my students are on here (that I know of). I would hope the accuracy is 0.05, but it's probably a percentage of the total mass.
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Re: Scale

Post by jason.loxton » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:12 am

Not a 0.1 g, but if anyone is interested, Canadian Tire has nice Starfrit 1 g to 11 pound scales on for $10 (regular price $30). Good for grain. http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8 ... ?locale=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by know1 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:13 pm

jason.loxton wrote:Not a 0.1 g, but if anyone is interested, Canadian Tire has nice Starfrit 1 g to 11 pound scales on for $10 (regular price $30). Good for grain. http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8 ... ?locale=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
xs cargo has a similar one for $10
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